CamBam number format

[CitizenOfDreams]

I normally work in millimeters on a Mach3 CNC mill. So my program looks like this:

G0 X123.456 (rapid move to X=123.456mm)

Problem is, now I need to generate a program for a Syntec machine that works in thousandths of a millimeter. So I need my program to look like this:

G0 X123456 (rapid move to 123456/1000 = 123.456mm)

I can make CamBam output exactly 3 decimal places after the point by tweaking the post processor:

<NumberFormat>0.000</NumberFormat>

But how do I get rid of the decimal point, short of doing "Search and replace" in a text editor?

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[deadlykitten]

hope attached finds you well

[CitizenOfDreams]

hope attached finds you well

Thanks Kitten, but Find/Replace is exactly what I was hoping to avoid.

[deadlykitten]

then how else you wanna fix it in a text editor ? aaaa, you mean to edit the post ... sorry, can't help with that

but i can create a small program, to fix your file / background work service

[CitizenOfDreams]

Thanks for the offer Kitten, but that would be overkill. I only had 3 programs to make for the Syntec, so I did it in the text editor.

Still would be nice to find a solution for the post processor though.

[deadlykitten]

i no longer deal with posts edit ... regardless of cam, as long as its generates a file, i can take it from there

all this methods for post edit, different implementations, diff softwares ... is a mini madness, even if you know them all not to mention the duration of learn curves

so, there is a common part in all of them, if you can see it

[CitizenOfDreams]

I wrote a Powershell script that converts all numbers for X, Y, Z, A, I, J (but leaves alone F).

I wonder if there is a way to run the script automatically from the post processor? I think I might have seen something like that in the CamBam documentation...

rem Processes all .nc files in the current directory.
rem Replaces X123.456 with X123456 for my Syntec controller

for %%a in (*.nc) do (
echo %%a
powershell -Command "(gc %%a) -replace '([X|Y|Z|A|I|J]\-?\d{1,4})(\.)(\d\d\d)', '$1$3' | Out-File -encoding ASCII %%~na-Syntec%%~xa" )

[deadlykitten]

so it simply scans all *.nc files, and replaces all X***.*** with X***** ? who runs it ? you have to execute it manually ?

[CitizenOfDreams]

so it simply scans all *.nc files, and replaces all X***.*** with X***** ?

Yes. The results are saved as new files ("-Syntec" is added to the original file name). The original files remain intact.

who runs it ? you have to execute it manually ?

For now I run it manually after posting a program. There might be a way to automate it in CamBam, I don't know for sure yet.

[deadlykitten]

hy citizen ( of dreams ) i automate by creating a service, or having exe hidden startup run, then loop repeat

having them to fix post files, idea come when someone complained about having to fix the file each time after post